Step 1Choose a frame from the scrap kit. Open duplicate and close the original. Add drop shadow using these settings: vertical 2, horizontal 3, opacity 65, blur 5, and color black.Open your tube copy and paste as a new layer on to the frame image. Add Drop Shadow with the following settings: V 3, H 4, Opacity 65, Blur 10

Step 2Open Magician’s Gambit Element 09 the rings. Copy and close then paste as new layer on to the frame image. Arrange send to bottom. Add drop shadow to rings using the following settings: 3, 4, 65, 4.

Step 3Open and copy any elements (resize elements if needed) you would like to add to your image. Add Drop Shadow using the same settings as step 2. Add any text at this time. Merge Visible, crop, and resize and sharpen once.

Step 4Adding Sparkle. Duplicate twice for a total of three layers. Close eye on top two layers and click on the Picture tube tool and tap out some sparkles in size 30. Not too many but few. Close eye on this layer. Click on middle layer and open the eye. Repeat the sparkles but be sure to put the sparkles in different spots on this layer not the same as the bottom layer. Repeat these steps for layer 1.

Step 5This step is the same as above but changes the sparkle size to 20. Repeat for all three layers

Step 6Repeat step 4 but change the sparkle to size 10.

Step 7Add your watermark and any licensed numbers that may be required.

Step 8Open Animation ShopCopy layer 1 and paste as new animation in AS, copy layer 2 and paste after current, copy layer 3 and paste after current. Save as .gif

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial. My thanks to Roo for letting me use such a wonderful scrap kit of hers.